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-- Haat iyagu´t

Your mission is to share your stories about this place, and understand its name.

This spot was known as the place where salmon rested for a week before making their way up the Chilkat River. There were seal there as well. [3] Centuries of glacial rebound and silt deposition have pushed the sea back, and now it is too sandy and shallow. At low tide and low river levels you can now walk out to the island. George Davidson placed U.S. Coast Survey Alaska monument #1 at the summit of Pyramid Island in 1867. This was to be the basis for all survey points on the Alaskan coast [1].

Site of the famous kiteboard rescue

Ikaduwakaa and the Storyboard are part of the Doorways to the Past; Gateway to the Future project, cooperatively supported by the Chilkoot Indian Association, Haines Borough Public Library, and a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, a federal agency that fosters innovation, leadership, and lifelong learning.